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Appearance

Blasters appear to be based on Hercules beetles. With a bulky brown and grey armor, Blasters possess a pair of tracked wheels underneath their body. Originally, the Blasters had a long and straight cannon on their forehead as a horn.

In Sonic Lost World, the Blasters' design was simplified. Their horn was in particular redesigned as a male rhinoceros beetle horn, albeit with bisecting ends, although it still had a barrel hole in-between the horn ends.

Game appearances

Sonic & Knuckles

In Sonic & Knuckles, Blasters appear in Flying Battery Zone, where they slowly roll around. When the player comes near, they start firing sparkling projectiles at them, one at a time. However, these projectiles will harmlessly bounce off anyshieldtype. The Blasters will keep shooting until the player either defeats them or moves further away.

Along with TechnoSqueeks, Blasters can also be found hiding inside Capsules or pulled up by electricity bars on the ceilings in Flying Battery Zone Act 1. A Spin Jump or Spin Attack can easily defeat this Badnik.

Sonic Lost World

In the Wii U version of Sonic Lost World, Blasters appear in Desert RuinsZone 2. Here, they are found moving backwards on routes where the player is obligated to go at high speed. Instead of shooting projectiles though, they shoot honey at the screen, temporarily obscuring the player's vision. Otherwise, the Blaster can be defeated with a Spin Jump or Homing Attack.

Powers and abilities

Blasters can either fire sparkling projectiles or honey with their horn.